I have 44 Mags with barrels as short as 3 inch and as long as 24. Both do the job they were intended to do.

Think that's called a rifle without a stock. Would be interested to see a pic.

If you want to see how the ballistics change with barrel length

in every case with the T/C Encore the length of the barrel was measured from the end of the barrel back to the breech face. This is how semi-auto pistols are measured, but revolvers are measured as the length of the barrel in front of the cylinder gap. Take this into consideration when comparing calibers using our numbers.